A rough day, paparazzi, mac & cheese, Costco soup & rolls, and new house mates

Well, this will be short. Not much happened. Besides transfers and cleaning.

Tuesday: well, it was a weird day. My food got eaten by a bird. My bike helmet was stolen ((Who would even steal a helmet? No one uses them here?!?) Which means we can't bike around. Although, one of my STL's [sister training leaders] just went home and she's giving me hers so I don't have to buy a new one. But I won't have it until Thursday next week. Walking everywhere!) We were told they didn't need us to come dendo with the new missionaries in Fukuoka. Well. There's always bad days on a mission.

Wednesday: well, since we were upgrading to a 4 man apartment (yeah!) we cleaned the apartment all day. We threw out lots of random junk. Did a lot of reorganizing. In the small dendo [missionary work time] time we had we met this really nice lady who had a really cute dog and spoke English. We chatted with her for a bit. Then we had Eikaiwa! [English Class] No beginners came so we stayed with the advanced class. Eikaiwa is probably one of the most fun things to do as a missionary.


Thursday: transfer day!! We said good bye to an elder and hello to an elder and 2 sisters. Of course it was pouring rain but we figured out a ride for everyone and their luggage. One of the rides gave us Mac and cheese. It tastes like real Mac and cheese. It was beautiful. Then we gave the new sisters the run down of the area (and the new elder
called and asked for a rundown of the area (I've been in this area the longest (only 2 transfers) so yeah, I'm the one who "knows everything")) We had a lesson with T in the evening. She getting ready to go to the temple in 2ish weeks. Hopefully it all works out. She still needs to figure out a way to get off work. We're praying. The we ran to a return appointment with someone on the street who was a no show. Bummer. It even stopped torrential downpouring so she could have got there with out getting wet (like we prayed for). Well, agency.

Friday: we weekly planned in a park for a bit. Then while we were dendo-ing we met 2 fun people. One was a guy. We just said"konnichiwa"to him as he was biking by. We kept walking. Then he bikes back up to us and starts talking to us in English! His English
was really good but his voice made everything sound way dramatic. So it was hard not to laugh. He made everything sound like it was on a trailer for the next superhero movie or something. He was way nice. The next one was a lady on the phone we said "konnichiwa" [Hello] to. She said "konnichiwa" and then did a double take and then said "bikiri shita"
(which is a word to say you are very surprised). I don't think she expected to see 2 Americans at all. We scared her a bit (we do that a lot actually). But the funny part was as she was as she walked away (and still talking on the phone) she just yells "cute!" It probably doesn't sound as funny as it actually was. But it was really funny. Then we had a lesson with the K family and the long lost son came! Well, he's come to the past 2 or so lessons but this time he actually acknowledged us. It was crazy! And we almost got him to pray at the end of the lesson. Next time.
Random strangers wanted to have a 
Picture with the American Missionaries


Paparazzi taking pictures 
With the Missionaries
Saturday: W shimai wasn't feeling good so except for kodomo Eikaiwa [childrens English Class], we were inside all day. We finished weekly planning and she slept a lot. But kodomo Eikaiwa was fun. There was 6 missionaries and 2 kids. It was pretty funny. But it was an oddly small week so next week should be better. Not that it wasn't fun. It's always a blast.

Sunday: church! It was ward conference so it was unusually packed. After church they had a


lunch. Costco soup and Costco rolls!! I. Was. In. Heaven. It. Was. So. Good. Then we came home and everyone fell asleep. Except me. So I just read the BoM in Japanese. It was so funny. The apartment was dead quiet and so I went to see what people were doing. They were all passed out on the floor. Then we dendoed for 4 hours! It was way fun (even though we had to walk). One time, when we ping ponged (the door been with camera and speaker), a dog answered and barked at us for 5 minutes. It was way funny. We also met a really Monica [no idea] lady who had gone to a Protestant middle school and she wanted to learn more about Christ! We got her phone number and she told us to call her! I'm excited! We don't have any investigators right now, but we are planning on 3 baptisms so... She's going to be a kinjin! ["golden" investigator who is excited to learn about the Gospel]. I know it.


There are 2 new sisters in the apartment! I forgot how fun 4 man is. J shimai and R shimai. R shimai is half Japanese and lived in Japan for most of her life. But she's fluent in both the English and the Japanese. She's way cool. J shimai is a red head and loves ice cream on the same level as me. She's hysterical. This transfer should be way fun! I'm excited. Today, we're going to Tenjin eki which is a train station and a huge underground mall/food court.

Next week, I might have pday on Tuesday. Temple pday! I'm excited.

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